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Shan Smith

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TV Reality Show Contestant

The Resume

    Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Resides in Washington, D.C.
    Contestant on Survivor 41
    Initially part of the Ua Tribe
    11th person voted out, fourth juror
    Pastor

Why she might be annoying:

    She was in a gang as a youth.
    While on Survivor, she constantly hummed a tune that sounds like the first few notes of ‘The Merry Old Land of Oz.’
    She convinced JD to hand her his extra vote for safekeeping and to build trust, then she voted him out and kept his vote for herself.
    She later gave Ricard the same advantage for safekeeping, but complained when *he* wouldn’t return it (he eventually did).
    With her tribemates equally split between voting out Heather or eliminating Naseer, she wasted that extra ballot by splitting her vote, preserving the tie and forcing a revote.
    ‘Broccoli are just small trees.’

Why she might not be annoying:

    She suffered sexual abuse at age five.
    She left the gang life behind and became a pastor.
    She has headed up a program to combat sex trafficking abroad.
    She played Survivor even after being diagnosed with MS.
    That ‘broccoli’ comment was just part of the activation code to give power to the idol she had found. (Brad tried to utter the same phrase earlier in the game, but it didn't work for him since the other pieces of the activation puzzle hadn't been found yet.)
    She’s a Celine Dion fan.
    Like Aurora, she got separated from her birth mother due to placement in the foster care system, reunited with her mother when she got older, and remained close to her mom 'til the day her mother died.

Credit: Gregg


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 24 Votes: 29.17% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 15 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying